Sculptor Barnaby Barford

If you have to love grandma art- at least make it smarmy. That's why we like this work by Barnaby Barford. His collection entitled “The Good, the Bad, and the Belle” shows typically goody two shoes style ceramics transplanted into unsavory situations. It's almost like that time that Nancy Reagan guest starred on "Different Strokes"... almost.

Notes about the sculptor (from bio page):

Barnaby Barford is an artist who works with ceramics to create unique narrative pieces. Although an accomplished craftsman, Barford primarily selects found objects, taking both mass-manufactured and antique figurines and turning them into sinister, sardonic but invariably humorous sculptures. As the sentimental figurines become characters in his twisted narratives, Barford turns their perceived vulgarity on its head, often into a different and more explicit vulgarity.

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